I rented a garage in Aberdeen this winter for my Mk1 - the rest of the year it lives in the garage behind my house, but I found I was spending so much time scraping/shovelling snow off my other car, that it made sense to store the MX5 somewhere and use my own garage for my daily driver. Now I get an extra 15 minutes in bed each morning - well worth the expense!

A couple of things I discovered while searching for a garage - mainly common-sense, but might be useful:

1) Dryness is a valuable commodity: lots of garages are less than watertight, or without a proper dry matting under the floor, which draws moisture into the space - if the car is sitting their for long periods, that's never a good thing. I tried to check garages out on the wettest/dampest days and finally managed to get a new-build with proper damp-proofing, but it does cost extra...

2) Location naturally affects the cost (with a premium on West End locations for people working in the city wanting a parking space each day), and I found that places near the city centre were going for 70-100% more than places farther out (and were generally smaller). Even so, if you go private (e.g. via Gumtree) it's hard to find a decent place for less than about £14 per week.

3) Location also (not surprisingly) has a real impact on insurance premiums. While insurance companies seem to approve if the car is in a lock-up garage, insurance premiums for some parts of town are more expensive to park in a garage than have the car left outside in a "safer" area... You might want to check that out, as paying a bit more for a better location might make your overall cost (including insurance) cheaper.

4) Also worth checking break-ins in the area and opt for a place that is overlooked by houses/flats for added peace of mind...

Admittedly, it's hard to get all of the above, and for an acceptable cost, but worth weighing up what's most important to you.

Cheers Brad, that was very helpful 14 a week is OK. I can have her professionally stored in Edinburgh for about 80 per month - it's just the logistics. Take her down to Aberdeen, get her in there and then get myself to the airport - doubt I could do it in a day.

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